13. Nixon Applied To Become A FBI Agent During The 1930s... But Budget Cuts Eliminated His Position
After graduating from Duke University School of Law, North Carolina, as third in his class Nixon hoped to join the Federal Bureau of Investigation - and even sent in a letter of application. Nixon received no response to his letter, however - and only found out decades later that he had come within a whisker of being offered a position before last-minute budget cuts meant the potential role was culled.
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After graduating from Duke University School of Law, North Carolina, as third in his class Nixon hoped to join the Federal Bureau of Investigation - and even sent in a letter of application. Nixon received no response to his letter, however - and only found out decades later that he had come within a whisker of being offered a position before last-minute budget cuts meant the potential role was culled.